Marine Returns Home To Surprise Daughter On 5th Birthday

A girl who thought she was watching a military performance for her birthday was left stunned when it was actually her Marine dad returning from deployment. Amélia Cogo, from Hawaii, thought she was heading to a special Osprey show with her mom, Jessica, 34, and sister Líliana – but little did she know her father, Victor, had planned a special surprise. Victor, a captain with the United States Marine Corps, had been on deployment since March, and when he found out his return coincided with his daughter's birthday, he wanted to plan a special surprise. On September 23, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, in Kaneohe Bay, Jessica and her two girls watched a series of Ospreys fly overhead, with one carrying Victor back from the ship he had been based on in the Indo-Pacific region. Once the helicopters had landed, Jessica presented Amélia with a card and photo of her and her dad from Victor's last deployment, a way of letting Amélia know something special was about to happen. Jessica then explained to Amélia her dad was in one of the helicopters they'd just watched overhead, and she would be able to reunite with him very soon.

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